I too use the kimpex grips, and love them. I use a relay, and someone on the list once asked for a diagram on how to use a relay. I typed it all out, and then lost it to the computer gremlins somehow. I was so pissed, I never bothered rewriting it. This seems like a good time.
Please note--the discussion of the internal workings of the relay is highly scientific, and you may not be able to follow the technical discussion. A relay looks like a 1.5 inch (3 cm) cube. There are 4 spades on the bottom. The trick is to connect the spades to the correct wires without upsetting the inner workings of the relay (gnomes). Here are what the spades get hooked up to. Consult the diagram that comes with the relay to determine which spade has which function. Spade 1. This spade is wired to the + terminal of the battery. Power flows into the relay from the battery, and, if the gnomes have received the correct signal, will flow out to the accessory. Spade 2. This spade is wired to the accessory. If the gnomes are doing their job, the power will flow into the relay via Spade 1, and out via Spade 2 to the accessory. Spade 3. Ground. For some reason, the gnomes like to be grounded. My 7 year old doesn't, but the gnomes do. Spade 4. The "magic gnome" spade. This spade does all the work. It is wired to any circuit that is operated by the ignition key. (The easiest way to do this is a fuse tap--see below). When the ignition is turned on, power goes from the circuit operated by the ignition key into the relay where it wakes the sleeping gnomes. The gnomes immediately get to work, using a complex system of levers and pulleys to close the switch between Spade 1 and Spade 2. This allows power to flow from the battery to the accessory. When the ignition is turned off, the gnomes open the switch, and go back to whatever it is that gnomes do. Thus, if wired correctly, the accessory is "hot" only when the ignition is on, thus eliminating the possibility of having the accessory drain the battery when you shut off the ignition. The accessory draws its power directly from the battery, bypassing the factory wiring. (This is beneficial if your accessory malfunctions, or if it is too powerful for the factory wiring and melts all the insulation, causing a short and/or fire). A word on fuse taps. Fuse taps are the single greatest invention ever. They have a hook on one end and a spade on the other. The hook slides over the blade of a blade-type fuse, and you insert the fuse-and-fuse tap assembly into the fuse slot. Now you have a spade to which to attach a wire, which you can run directly to an accessory (if you don't want to needlessly enslave innocent gnomes) or to Spade 4 of the relay (if you have no moral qualms about the gnome slave trade). Hope this makes sense. Relays are cool. Adam > Of Derek Baylor > Sent: March 4, 2002 8:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bar Ends / grip warmers > > > I use grip warmers made by Kimpex. They install __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/
